About the Show
Elton John and Tim Rice’s musical rendition of Verdi’s original 1871 opera Aida brings the message and story to a more modern and, for those of us who are not big opera fans, more enjoyable level of theater. The musical Aida contains all the key elements for a powerful story. This is a passionate and tragic love story between the heroine Aida, a Nubian princess, who has been captured by the Egyptians, and Radames, a captain of the Egyptian army. We watch their romance evolve through backdrop of war, plundering, and oppression. Then we meet Aida’s Egyptian counterpart, the princess Amneris, who is presently engaged to Radames. The backdrop of war and violence is symbolic of the war that occurs within Aida, Radames, and Amneris as they struggle to come to terms with the choices that they must make not just for themselves, but for each other and their people. What makes this musical passionate and tragic is the Egyptian pyramid, or what we call a love triangle, between the three of them. As in every love triangle not everyone ends up with requited love and there are always consequences.
